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This past holiday weekend I had the opportunity to sew and sew and sew!! My sister's in law and I set up 'shop' up at my mother in law's basement and had three full days of bliss!!
I also worked on some Happy Houses for a swap started by Lurline in Australia. Kathy is the hostess for the American gals. I still have to 'wonky' them by adding skewed borders all around each block, but it's a good start!
When we finally left the house at 7:30pm, I found a package from Nanette in the mail box!!! I had ordered a kit for her darling Mixed Bag because I love bags, and more importantly, I love the fabrics she puts into the kits!!!
Instead of working on projects that have some sort of deadline, I PLaYeD today in my studio!!
Hey everyone! I wanted to share with you a beautiful gift from Ruthie and her husband, Dan.
While at Ruthie's blog, I had seen a post of some wonderful jars of pickled jalepenos. Ruthie's husband bottles his own to get the right texture and crunch. Well, I commented on how my husband would love the peppers and Ruthie quickly replied that she and her husband would be happy to send me a bottle!! I was excited and took her up on the offer!
Well, when the peppers arrived, I was stunned at the pretty pickled peppers and their rich colors! They got a lot of red peppers in their harvest this year, so the bottle was a 'Christmas mix' of reds and greens. My husband is so excited to use them on his meats, but we have to wait one more month until they've set the recommended 3 months. Dan has it all down to a science!
Ruthie also sent a cottage block to swap! It's got darling stockings trimming the windows . . . how cute is that?? I love it and added it to the design wall where it can be at 'home' with the others!
Since my computer is down, I don't have my normal list of blog friend's emails. One of the lost ones is Ruthie's, so I hope she will find out about this post and see that we've received the pepper package perfectly and that we are very THANKFUL that she and her husband shared their bounty.
First, Shari did a great job on the construction of the cottages! She was worried about her 1/4" but she needn't have!
My son loved the one with the foxes sewng in the windows and said "Maybe you could hang this one on my wall in my bedroom!"
Shari knows that I stay up real late and put a note with the blue night time cottage that read "Who is still awake this late at night?" Isn't that fun?
I have plagued Shari with questions about Australia and how they celebrate Christmas in the summer. The book she sent; Twelve Days of Christmas Australian style is so fun! I think it will become a favorite of our for years to come!
Take a look at these exquisite Japaneese fat quarters she sent! The patterns are beautiful with metalic accents.
Mail goodies are so fun and I appreciate Shari swapping with me and for the extra goodness!!
Happy holidays!
My mailbox must be quite comfy because I had another visitor in there today!
Sherri's Christmas Cottage arrived safely! She even snuck in a charming Christmas Pot Holder!
Don't you just love the colors?? Perfect Sherri, THANKS!!
Of course I'll use the pot holder as a decoration in my studio as I am allergic to cooking!! ;)
This little, darling, soft, owlie is from Nikki at Whimsy Love . I won it in one of her giveaways! She has plenty more in her Esty shop!
I have a lodge pole pine (fake) behind me when I am sewing and I put all the homemade ornaments I acquire through the years on that tree for a permanent display of my love for all things homemade!
I have become friends with a neat gal who does all the artsy stuff that I'm afraid to do. I live vicariously though Tessa and her blog: How to Make Art!!
She has a whimsical vibe she puts into her art that I love! Tessa is also 'walking' me (and everyone else who reads her blog) through the steps of creating 'art' type art.
I snapped up a couple of prints from her Esty shop for my husband to give to me for Christmas and Tessa let me pick a print as a gift from her!
In Tessa's Esty shop I also found a wonderful companion to some gifts I'm going to be giving this year to my friends who sew. I'm not going to show the present now, because some of my readers will be receiving the little gift for Christmas and I don't want to ruin the surprise!
Thanks to Sherri, Nikki, and Tessa for making my day brighter!!
